Speaking from experience?
One of the actions we can take through the courts is to record non-payers' child maintenance debts on the
Register of Judgements, Orders and Fines. This replaced the Register of County Court Judgements (CCJs) in 2006. Having your
name on the Register can affect credit rating. It can also affect membership of some professional trade associations, as this
non-resident parent realised...
A man, who lived in Cheshire, should have been paying child maintenance for his two children for six years. However, he used a range of tactics to delay our work and avoid facing his financial responsibilities to his children.
He was a registered company director and appeared to use his self-employed status so he could avoid paying child maintenance from his wages.
We told him that we would ask bailiffs to seize and sell his belongings and record his debt on the Register of Judgements, Orders and Fines. As a result he agreed to pay a lump sum of £12,459 which went to his children. He is now keeping up regular child maintenance payments.
As he is a registered financial advisor, a record against him on the Register could have seriously impacted on his career and future membership of professional trade associations.
